The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1887-12-22
NO. 46.
PUSSUM NJ AND TATERS,
A DISH OF ESTABLE NICK
NACKS FOR CHRISTMAS.

Some Funny Happenings Picked up Here
and here Illustrating the Humorous
Side OF NOT Caliny' Life.
The Salisbury Truth thanks one of its
constituents ''for kind hog killing consld-
erations."
The attendance at Sunday schools is
very large just now 1t will fall off as
usual after the Christmas trees have yield
ed their fruit.
Christmas complaint of the tramp:
''Santa Claus would be puzzled to get any
thing into my stocking; cause why hav
emit got any"
Edith, for my Christmas, this year?'
well, if you're very good, Johny, I'll
present you with a kiss, and that is worth
at least gold headed parasol. ."-Ex.
A young swain who had become most
awfully enamored with a sweet and lovely
lass, wrote
Dear Miss, I can wait no longer
For to refuse me is a sin,
Every day my love grows stronger,
Mercy, what a stew Pm in,
i WllkeSbOro Chronicle.
-"Jim Pearce,h says the Greensboro
North State, ''sold a rifle at the court
house door Monday which he said Christie
pher Columbus had hunted squirrels with
on South Buffalo just after he arrived
1t was knocked off at So 10"
The following sign was hung out by a
shoemaker, who set up in small town
among our mountains:
Blow, O blow. ye gentle breezes,
All among the leaves and treeses,
Sing, o Singi ye heavenly muses.,
XX-Il Xarr u
WilkeSbOro Chronicle.
The latest sensation is about II
year old boy that has been decoyed out of
Lincoln county by one of Gaston's fair
damsels. The young man it is thought
has aspirations for capturing mother-in
law and his father has aspirations to cap
ture him Lincoln Courier.
"A Charlotte mother was putting her
little one to bed, and said: II think,
Flossie, you are old enough to learn an
you and you Will repeat it after me-"
"Yeth II, hsped the little one. ''Well,
Well begin. Are you ready" "Yeth'm.
Let 'er go, Gallagher!'- Charlotte Hornet.
"A young gentleman who had been
boarding for sometime at a house where
young lady had the oversight of affairs,
on leaving the house forgot his shirt, and
wrote back to the young lady to please
send him his shirt; the young lady wrote
back as follows:
Dear sir, l hope you'll not feel hurt,
Ill frankly tell you all about it.
l have made shift of your old shirt
And you must make a shift without it.
WllkeSbOrO Chronicle.
The Elizabeth City Falcon tells of a
couple down in its county who, between
Thursday, the 1st, and Monday, the 9Th
inst, We're married three times. In the
first instance the Register of Deeds had
failed to sign the license; after the second
marriage it was found that the license was
issued in one county whereas the marriage
had taken place in another On the third
and last round everything was regular and
a fourth ceremony is not considered
necessary.
She was old and wrinkled and unedu-
Gated. She had waded through mud and
| water for five miles and stood before the
delivery window of the post Office in Dur
ham.
"Mr. Postmaster is ther anything for
my darter:'
Mr.. Allen carefully searched the mail
| and informed her there was nothing.
"HoW strange, how strange" she con-
| tinued, "a young man courted my darter
Polly, and went away promisin' to write
soon as he got home. That's bin high onto
| two months, and no letter has come yet.
| Poor gal, she is eXpectin' one and will be
disappointed but can't help it. Calls are
| fools to trust boys anyhow. Good morn
| ing"